Understand your application's evaluation status, as well as processing timelines

As you track your application online, you may see your evaluation status change. Refer below for descriptions of each evaluation status and a guide for processing timelines.

Application closing dates vary between degrees, so make sure you check the details for your chosen degree on the Degree Finder.

Troubleshooting your postgraduate application

Evaluation statuses

To understand where the assessment of your application is up to, please see the evaluation status information below.

Statuses that require your action

This status generates automatically based on the information completed in the form and need for the associated supporting documents to commence the assessment process.

Please check your application to see what information is missing. For example, you may have indicated work experience but not attached a CV. Check that any documents you have uploaded are uploaded under the correct document type.

Once the Admissions Team has assessed your application, they may request additional supporting documentation.

You will receive an email requesting you provide the additional supporting documentation to recommence the assessment process. Check the Supporting documentation website for more information.

This status generates if the Admissions Team have requested additional supporting documentation and have received no response after 10 days.

You will need to provide the additional supporting documentation to recommence the assessment process. Check the Supporting Documentation website for more information.

We are working on your application

Your application is being checked to ensure it is complete and has all the required information and supporting documents. The time this can take depends on when your application is lodged.

Your application is deemed complete and ready for the Admissions Team to review.

The Admissions Team is currently working on your application and will update the evaluation status when their assessment is completed.

If you have been asked to complete a statement your application will be held in review until we have received it.

Your application requires the Program Directors' assessment or may include the scheduling of an interview or audition.

A decision has been made about your application and you will usually be emailed the outcome in two to three days.

However, in some instances, your application may need to be held after the evaluation is complete. If this is the case, you will see the evaluation status updated in two to three days.

If you withdraw your application or change the order of your preferences, the status of that application or preference will be cancelled.

We are holding your application

If you apply for a postgraduate program in a future trimester, we may need to hold your application until we know the number of places available.

If you apply for a competitive or quota-managed program, we may need to hold your application until we know the number of places available.

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) in postgraduate programs are restricted by quotas. If your application is being held, we are waiting to establish how many places we have available or you may be on a waitlist for a place.

Your application contains all of the information we require and we are now awaiting the outcome of your interview or audition.

Griffith Students: Your application we be held until the official publication of Grades/Results.

Another institution: Your application is being held until we can see your most recent exam results and GPA.

This is important if the postgraduate program you are applying for has a minimum GPA requirement.

This status displays on your application's second and third preference, as we work through your first preference.

Processing timelines and Key dates

Please refer to key dates for application closing dates. For other key dates, including open enrolment for your trimester, please refer to the Academic Calendar.

Once your application has been submitted, please allow up to 1 week for your application to be processed. This time can change depending on when your application is submitted, if further information is required or if your application was sent to the Program Director for assessment.

Check details for your chosen degree on the Degree Finder.

What is a competitive program?

A competitive program is a degree where meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an offer, because:

  • demand exceed the number of available places, and
  • applicants are ranked against each other and selected based on relative merit, not just eligibility
Competitive programs include:
Trimester 1 2027 intake

Application timelines for the 2027 intake are currently being reviewed in response to feedback from applicants in the most recent intake.

ProgramApplication Open DatesApplication Close DatesInterviews CommenceOffers Made
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry 569920 May 202619 October 202613 - 24 July 2026from 6 August 2026
Master of Clinical Dentistry 570220 May 202619 October 202614 - 23 October 2026from 7 November 2026
Master of Speech Pathology 55671 June 20261 September 20269 - 16 September 2026from 21 September 2026
Graduate Diploma of Clinical Physiology 41681 July 20269 October 20269 November 2026from 23 November 2026
Master of Clinical Psychology 50704 August 202618 September 202619 October 2026from 20 November 2026
Master of Professional Psychology 57474 August 202618 September 202619 October 2026from 20 November 2026

For all other programs, offers will be made continuously throughout the admissions cycle. Check the application opening and closing dates for your chosen degree, which are published under the 'How to Apply' section of the Degree Finder.

Contact us

Call our study advisers on 1800 677 728, for help with your application and clarification of admission requirements.